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That is the reality we are creating at Neara.\nWe use advanced machine learning to create engineering-grade, physics enabled digital twins of electricity grids across four continents, this helps asset owners understand their biggest challenges and bring the most viable solutions to life across millions of kilometres of infrastructure.\nBy simulating extreme weather and structural stress at a network-wide scale, we empower the world’s largest utilities to pinpoint risks, optimise investments and build a more resilient global energy future.\nOur team is a collection of brilliant minds who are fanatical about making a tangible difference in the real world, utilising AI and machine learning to accelerate everything from data classification to complex scenario analysis. We have built a special culture where innovation thrives because everyone owns the mission and we need smart, creative people to help us scale this impact to every corner of the globe.\nAs a Senior Machine Learning Engineer, you will create machine learning models that drive the digitisation of real-world infrastructure from a variety of data sources such as LIDAR, imagery, and vector data sources. Working at every stage of the ML lifecycle, from data collection and QA to training to model monitoring, you’ll dive deep into the data, decide which problems are worth solving with ML and define the ML strategy for said problems.\nThis will involve staying updated with best practices in data handling, MLOps, as well as the latest advancements in machine learning to integrate new techniques into our platform, ensuring it remains at the cutting edge of the industry. 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If you are motivated and results-driven, we’d like to meet you.\nSome of the things you will contribute to:\nDeveloping approaches to generate accurate electric networks from imperfect data using deep learning and classical ML algorithms\n\nDeveloping and optimising training pipelines to reduce toil and idea-to-evaluation time.\n\nScaling the serving of models for different problems with different characteristics while reducing the time from the first model to production.\n\nImproving the speed of model QA and identifying data and distribution drift in the models.\n\nWorking with a variety of data sources, including LiDAR, aerial photography, photogrammetry & GIS, and building scalable data pipelines to support training and serving.\n\nMentoring other engineers in best practices for model training and software engineering.\n\nSome attributes we highly regard:\nDemonstrated experience with Machine Learning and Deep Learning\n\nStrong foundation in software engineering\n\nProficiency in frameworks like PyTorch/Tensorflow/Jax\n\nExcellent problem-solving skills as applied to new domains.\n\nAbility to work effectively asynchronously and cross-functionally on ill-defined problems.\n\nAbility to own problems and proactively approach challenges\n\nSome of the benefits we have on offer:\nCompetitive salary\n\nMeaningful ESOP\n\nFully Flexible Work Environment. 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